I continued to descend cautiously, searching widely for anything, and especially for infrared sensors being used to spot me. I'd spot humans using the...m easily enough, by the humans' heat, but standalone instruments were a worry, especially because they could be mounted on the nearby hills and other distant locations. It would be very bad to have my presence reported to the baddies' boss, who could order some of his men to equip themselves with rifles and night-vision goggles - they could easily. I always do things backwards but this was... a pleasurable thing. I took a taxi to his office because I'm just not that familiar with the city. It was an impressive building, lot of stories to it. I went inside and told the front desk guy that I was here to meet a Mr. Bellacroix. All he did was stare at my chest and point to the elevators. I was wearing a short-sleeved red t-shirt that said "dirty bitch" and it was slit from the throat all the way down to "bitch." I rode up with another woman. ‘Are you sure? Richard was there too, he saw what happened.’ ‘No I…’ she was mortified at the thought that they’d been discussing her. ‘No, I don’t.’ ‘Its ok, if you don’t want to that’s fine. As long as you know you have our support whatever you chose to do.’ ‘Okay, thanks,’ Ivy nodded. She had a stupid lump in her throat. After Sally had finished drinking her tea and left, Ivy tore open the envelope. Inside she found an invoice from JDS parts and an insignificant looking rubber seal in a. This freedom, this high, would slowly dissipate throughout the day, but it would enable me to look in a mirror for a while.When I opened my eyes Elenita snuggled against me, awake but still, as though she didn't want to disturbed me. I don't know how long I had dozed.I sensed she knew I had awakened. I had been in her mind many times, shared far too many empathic links with her. When things were quiet, when it was just us, alone and peaceful, she could sense my mood."I've called down for.